The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-08-04

PRESIDENTIAL JOurncyiDgs.

United States 10 different parts Z
the country, when they can be mad
: with propriety, and with an entir
!, absence of anything like parrish
!, contrivance ar,:always Welcome t
the people. There have bee
, times when political difference
t were decided and partisan animosi
ties aroused among the masse:
when such visltations were not for
tunate, especially if tho administra
: ton had been identified with one O
: the other of the contending parties
It was go with Andrew johnson
celebrated circle of the Northerl
and Western States, when he pu
al issue of principle and policy be-
fore the people, and as matter 0
fact took the stump in advocacy o
it. His speeches were not only pc
litical, but sometimes regarded as in
} tensely partisan, according to the
divisions of mems minds in tnos.
days Of bitter controversy. They
were not such as the people had {
right 10 expect from a president o.
the United States. Mr.. johnson
was q courageous and unse!fish pa.
triot, but he failed to comprehend
the temper of the Northern people
or the properties due his high of.
fee.
Mr.. Cleveland's extended tour,
marked out for the latter part Of
September and October, will resem
Bile IN many respects the celebrated
journey covering a greater part OF
the United States. undertaken by
President Monroe in the summer of
1877, 70 years ago, which inaugu.
rated the ''era of good feeling" "
and led to the most remarkable ces-
sation of political strife the country
has known. So much so, indeed,
that In 1920 Mr.. Monroe was reel.
ected president with only one cleo
toral vote in opposition, the near
est approach to unanlmiiy that has
taken place in our presidential elec-
ton since Washington's time. In
two or three weeks this fall Presi.
deIt Cleveland will traverse much
greater extent, of country and see
and be seen by an Infinitely greater
number of people than was Mon
roe's fortune in the spring and sum-
mer of 1917. He set out from
Maine, gong as far west as Detroit
and then on his return took in Gin
cinnati and Pittsburg.
President Cleveland, after attend
ing the constitutional centennial at
Philadelphia on the 18th Of Septem-
Der, will leave Washington for St.
Louis the latter part of the month,
and it is expected will visit besides
st. Louis. Kansas City. st. Paul,
Milwaukee and Chicago,
reaching Washington in time to
start for Atlanta on the 18th of
October. Returning from Atlanta
the president may visit Alabama,
Tennessee, Kentucky and West
Virginia. taking in Louisville and
Cincinnati.
Some Of our Republican friends
who have hitherto been disposed to
;neer at the presidents lack of per-
'opal knowledge of the bigness and
greatness of our country and people
're manifesting little uneasl ness
'ver this expected trip. Bless their
ouls they need not worry. There
S no politics in it. There will be ,
10 intent to set up delegations or
compass q nomination. 1t is not |
leedcd. Whether..lt will advance /.
he president in public esteem will
epend on the merits of the man I
is bearing. the tone of bis speech {
8 and tact of his intercourse with I
he great multitudes he will meet.
he Dispatch informs the public
hat Democrats are doubtful of the
esuit and that Cleveland, being no L
rator as Brutus was and Blaine is, G
ill make mistakes, while it says n
Republicans profess to be delight n
with the prospect, and to be con Ii
dent that CIeveland's unpreposess f
lg appearance, Indifferent oratCry n
nd lack of tact in delicate situa- l.
ons Will help materially to kill of n
ie only candidate of Democracy u
hose Lead can be seen above the 4
orizon of 1885," n
We shall see-we shall see These
ews are good deal like these set
rth about Mr. Cleveland before or
the time of his Inauguration, that n
woull be simply clay in the y
lnds OF skilled politicians aid was a
capable of meeting the rspresen
tive requirements of the 2residen A
on occasions of social or public "
remOny. re
Regarding the death of the editor n
the Shawnee Banner, the Ian +,
ster Gazette says: "Tho death of :,
Z. Smith occurred Thu sday oG
ght at this residence of his moth
lin Ia.u Mrc Wilson in Shou,a.